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| Compliance-Based Ethics Codes |
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| ethical standards that emphasize preventing unlawful behavior by increasing control and by penalizing wrongdoers |
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| standards of moral behavior, that is, behavior accepted by society as right versus wrong |
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| Integrity-Based Ethics Codes |
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| ethical standards, that define the organization's guiding values, create an ethically sound behavior, and stress a shared accountability among employees |
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| insiders who report illegal or unethical behavior |
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| Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) |
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| a business's concern for the welfare of society |
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| the dimension of responsibility that includes charitable donations |
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| Corporate Social Initiatives |
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| enhanced forms of corporate philanthropy directly related to the company's competencies |
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| the dimension of social responsibility that includes everything from hiring minority workers to making safe products |
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| the dimension of social responsibility that refers to the position a firm takes on social and political issues |
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| an unethical activity in which insiders use private company information to further their own fortunes or those of their family and friends |
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| a systematic evaluation of an organization's progress toward implementing socially responsible and responsive programs |
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